Wind Energy

Receiving the Expansion Solutions Magazine "Top Five" Award of Excellence for Wind Industry Efforts, Dumas is rapidly becoming the wind energy hub.

You can see wind turbines from; U.S. Highway 152 from Dumas to Borger; U.S. Highway 287 from Dumas; and FM 281 from Etter to Sunray. The sixth site is located adjacent to the Valero-McKee Refinery and the newest site is the Little Pringle,10 megawatt precursor to a 100 megawatt Big Pringle Wind Farm. Wind Energy is a big part of the Texas Panhandle, and the Panhandle of Texas is one of the prime spots in Texas for Wind Energy. That is why Dumas is excited to be working with additional developers in the area on several proposed wind farms as well as several new wind businesses.

Each of the first five sites has 10 megawatts of power with eight to sixteen turbines at each site. A beautiful sight now being developed for tourists to see as they travel through Moore County. The most recent development is Valero's inaugural wind energy site with 50 megawatts and plans to double in the near future. Another beautiful picture that you can view only when you travel through Dumas and the Panhandle of Texas.

Dumas is also right in the middle of three major electrical transmission projects that will undoubtedly provide enormous opportunities in the immediate future; the Southwest Power Pool (SPP) project is located north and east of Dumas, the High Plains Express (HPX) project is just to the west of Dumas and the Competitive Renewable Energy Zone (CREZ) project is located just south of Dumas. Within a couple short hours of nearly 1600 megawatts of wind turbines, Dumas is a major opportunity for any business desiring to be located in the middle of the action!

 VIEW THE OFFICIAL WIND MAP OF TEXAS

 VIEW CREZ/SPP PROJECT MAP

 VIEW HPX PROJECT MAP